linux-kernel - Re: scripts: checkpatch.pl & Lindent (minor complaint)

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Message-ID: <1384271045.4771.47.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Tue, 12 Nov 2013 07:44:05 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: scripts: checkpatch.pl & Lindent (minor complaint)

On Tue, 2013-11-12 at 09:42 -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote: 
> scripts/Lindent and scripts/checkpatch disagree whether the fields in a
> statically initialized array should be blank separated.  
> 
> static struct ima_rule_entry default_rules[] = {
>         {.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags = IMA_FSMAGIC},
> 
> Lindent adds a blank before '.fsmagic', which checkpatch then complains
> about (eg. commit 75834fc3).

Perhaps I don't understand what you mean.

Lindent _doesn't_add a blank and checkpatch
seems to do the right thing here.

I'd just as soon delete Lindent.

$ git log --format=email -p -1 75834fc3 | ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -
WARNING: line over 80 characters
#35: FILE: security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c:52:
+	{.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags = IMA_FSMAGIC},

ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV)
#35: FILE: security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c:52:
+	{.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags = IMA_FSMAGIC},
 	                       ^
[...]

$ ./scripts/Lindent security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c 
$ git diff security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c | ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -
ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV)
#10: FILE: security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c:72:
+	{.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags =
 	                       ^

ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV)
#10: FILE: security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c:72:
+	{.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags =
 	                                                   ^
[...]


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